{{short description|German footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dieter Erler | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C0212-0019-001, Fußball-Nationalmannschaft der DDR (Dieter Erler).jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Dieter Erler in 1964 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|05|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Glauchau, Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|04|10|1939|05|28|df=y}} | death_place = Chemnitz, Germany | height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}} | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1953–1957 | youthclubs1 = BSG Chemie Glauchau | years1 = 1957–1958 | clubs1 = BSG Wismut Gera | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1959–1965 | clubs2 = SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | caps2 = 112 | goals2 = 36 | years3 = 1965–1972 | clubs3 = SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | caps3 = 179 | goals3 = 18 | totalcaps = 291 | totalgoals = 52 | nationalyears1 = 1959–1968 | nationalteam1 = East Germany | nationalcaps1 = 47 | nationalgoals1 = 12 | manageryears1 = 1974–1975 | managerclubs1 = FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
}} '''Dieter Erler''' (28 May 1939 in Glauchau – 10 April 1998 in Chemnitz) was a German footballer.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe52914/dieter-erler/ | title = Dieter Erler | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 19 February 2010}}</ref>
He began his footballing career with BSG Chemie Glauchau in 1953. He was transferred to BSG Wismut Gera for the 1957 season and then after two seasons<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/derlerdata.html | title = Dieter Erler - Matches and Goals in Oberliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 26 July 2012 | accessdate = 31 July 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> moved to sports club SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in January 1959. Erler was both a playmaker and a goalscoring midfielder.
In 1963, Erler moved to SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, where he played alongside the player described by Pelé as the best left-winger in the world at the time: Eberhard Vogel. In 1966–67 the team was crowned DDR-Oberliga champion.
Between 1959 and 1972 he played for SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and then FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. During his career he gained between 1959 and 1968<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/erler-intlg.html | title = Dieter Erler - Goals in International Matches | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 26 July 2012 | accessdate = 31 July 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> 47 international caps and scored 12 goals for East Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500280&action=showPlayer&full=1&liga=DDR-Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Erler&cHash=15d4bf5f59 |title=Spielerinfo Erler |language=German |publisher=German Football Association |accessdate=19 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608033205/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500280&action=showPlayer&full=1&liga=DDR-Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Erler&cHash=15d4bf5f59 |archivedate=8 June 2011 }}</ref>
He was voted GDR footballer of the year in 1967. <!-- Dieter Erler war Ehrenmitglied des Chemnitzer FC. Non-literal translation anyone?-->
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|20 May 1972}}<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe52914/dieter-erler/club-matches/ | title = Dieter Erler » Club matches | access-date = 6 July 2021 | publisher = worldfootball.net}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup<ref group=lower-alpha>Includes FDGB-Pokal</ref> !colspan="2"|Continental<ref group=lower-alpha>Includes European Cup</ref> !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="2"|BSG Wismut Gera |1958 |rowspan="1"|DDR-Oberliga |colspan="2"|–||2||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !colspan="2"|–||2||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- |rowspan="5"|SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |1959 |rowspan="4"|DDR-Oberliga |26||7||6||1||3||0||35||8 |- |1960 |22||5||3||1||3||0||31||6 |- |1961–62 |39||16||2||1||colspan="2"|–||41||17 |- |1962–63 |25||8||3||1||colspan="2"|–||28||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !112||36||14||4||6||0||132||40 |- |rowspan="10"|FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |1963–64 |rowspan="9"|DDR-Oberliga |26||4||1||0||colspan="2"|–||27||4 |- |1964–65 |23||3||1||0||colspan="2"|–||24||3 |- |1965–66 |26||2||3||0||colspan="2"|–||29||2 |- |1966–67 |21||5||2||0||colspan="2"|–||23||15 |- |1967–68 |18||0||1||0||2||0||21||0 |- |1968–69 |17||3||3||0||colspan="2"|–||20||3 |- |1969–70 |23||0||4||1||colspan="2"|–||27||1 |- |1970–71 |colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0 |- |1971–72 |25||1||4||0||colspan="2"|–||29||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !179||18||20||1||2||0||201||19 |- !colspan=3|Career total !291||54||34||5||8||0||333||59 |}
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===International=== {{updated|6 November 2015}}<ref name="Internationals">{{Cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe52914/dieter-erler/international-matches/ | title = Dieter Erler » Internationals | access-date = 6 July 2021 | publisher = worldfootball.net}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=3|East Germany national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1959||2||0 |- |1960||6||1 |- |1961||7||3 |- |1962||8||4 |- |1963||4||1 |- |1964||1||0 |- |1965||6|||0 |- |1966||6||3 |- |1967||6||0 |- |1968||1||0 |- !Total||47||12 |}
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list East Germany's goal tally first.''<ref name="Internationals"/> {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !Goal!!style="width:8em;"|Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition |- | 1. || 30 October 1960 || Ostseestadion, Rostock, East Germany || {{fb|FIN}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || align=center | 5–1 || Exhibition game |- | 2. || 14 May 1961 || Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany || {{fb|NED}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 1–1 || 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 3. || 10 September 1961 || Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin, East Germany || {{fb|HUN}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 2–3 || 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 4. || 22 October 1961 || Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland || {{fb|POL|1944}} || align=center | '''1'''–1 || align=center | 1–3 || Exhibition game |- | 5. || 3 May 1962 || Lenin, Moscow, Soviet Union || {{fb|USSR}} || align=center | '''1'''–2 || align=center | 1–2 || Exhibition game |- | 6. || rowspan="2" | 9 December 1962 || rowspan="2" |Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako, Mali || rowspan="2" |{{fb|MLI}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 1–2 ||rowspan="2" | Exhibition game |- | 7. || align=center | '''2'''–0 |- | 8. || 21 November 1962 || Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin, East Germany || {{fb|CSSR}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 2–1 || 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying |- | 9. || 3 November 1963 || Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary || {{fb|HUN}} || align=center | '''3'''–3 || align=center | 3–3 || 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying |- | 10. || rowspan="2" | 4 September 1966 || rowspan="2" |Dr.-Kurt-Fischer-Stadion, Chemnitz, East Germany || rowspan="2" |{{fb|EGY|1958}} || align=center | '''2'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 6–0 ||rowspan="2" | Exhibition game |- | 11. || align=center | '''3'''–0 |- | 12. || 11 September 1966 || Georgi-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt, East Germany || {{fb|POL|1944}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 2–0 || Exhibition game |}
==Honours== ===Club=== ;SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt * '''DDR-Oberliga:''' 1959 ===Individual=== * '''GDR Player of the Year:''' 1967
==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}}
{{Chemnitzer FC managers}} {{East German Footballer of the Year}}
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